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Compare/Contrast – Democratic Primary Edition
Today I would like to compare/contrast two different letters sent by the two democratic frontrunners to be the next Governor of our great state.
The first letter was written by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and sent to Alberta Darling and Robin Vos: In this letter, Mayor Barrett brought up three points.
The first, he asked to also screw over the Milwaukee police and fire union members:
You should not give the Milwaukee police and fire unions a special exception to the changes in the bill, forcing all other employees to bear the burden of the cuts……
This year, the employee contribution for police and fire is $14.4 million, whereas the contribution for general city employees is only $8.3 million. Excluding police and fire would cause the City to miss out on the majority of the proposed savings.
Some people call it "savings" some people call it a forced pay cut, which side are you on?
Secondly, require ALL employees to contribute 12% to their healthcare:
For Milwaukee to fully benefit from the health insurance savings proposed in SS SB 11, the City of Milwaukee should be permitted to enroll its employees in the Wisconsin Public Employers' Group Health Insurance Program. This bill prohibits employers participating in that program from paying more than 88% of the employee premium. Currently, Milwaukee is barred from participating in the program because we do not participate in WRS, and hence excluded from these savings.
Our healthcare costs are $128 million this year, up 121% from 2000. A savings of 12% from increased general city employee contributions would be $6 million. The savings for police and fire would be another $4.7 million. We need to be able to capture the full savings of $10.7 million, including police and fire.
Again, he is advocating taking $10.7 million from the police and firefighters of Milwaukee as a savings to the city of Milwaukee and as a benefit to the city of Milwaukee. Which side are you on?
Third, take collective bargaining benefits away from the Milwaukee police department.
That Milwaukee's police union is specially entitled to unique binding arbitration provisions, unavailable even to other police or fire bargaining units in the state, is unfair to Milwaukee taxpayers. To avoid any favoritism among law enforcement personnel, the Milwaukee Police Association must be treated in a manner that is consistent with its peers, as outlined in Wis. Stat. 111.77. In order to accomplish this change, you will need to strike Wis. Stat. §111.70(4)(jm).
He wants to bring the Milwaukee police department down in terms of their abilities to collectively bargain, instead of advocating for all to receive theirs back. Which side are you on?
Now it comes time for the contrast version of this post.
This letter was written by Kathleen Falk to Scott Walker demanding an answer on why he is taking women's rights away.
We are writing today to request a written answer to a simple question on the minds of women and men
across Wisconsin: Why did you sign Senate Bill 202 to repeal the 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, and in
doing so remove state legal recourse for women who are victims of pay discrimination?
Our request is necessary because the answer you have provided to the people of Wisconsin does not
appear to be honest when compared to the facts.
Now I am not Pollyannaish enough to think that Scott Walker will respond(heck no one is even sure if he can write) or that he will change his mind(David Koch's big contribution was sent to keep him from changing his mind. The difference though, in my mind is the words used, while Mayor Barrett played in to the republican meme that these are savings and benefits, Kathleen Falk let him know in flat out terms that this is unacceptable and based on something that we all know is not true.
Which side are you on? I stand with Kathleen Falk!
47 Responses to Compare/Contrast – Democratic Primary Edition
Jeff, I never thought I'd say this about another BB blogger, but your post is disingenuous in the extreme. What you failed to quote from the letter was the following:
This is the situation we face. We have been warned that the upcoming state budget will include large shared revenue reductions. We have also been told that we will be given the tools to offset these cuts. Now we find out that Milwaukee won't get the same tools as other communities across the state. We also find out that these tools won't apply to Milwaukee police and fire, which comprise 65% of our operating budget salaries.
If we are going to ask our employees to shoulder the impact of the state's budget deficit, it is only fair to apply it to all of them. You should not give the Milwaukee police and fire unions a special exception to the changes in the bill, forcing all other employees to bear the burden of the cuts.
Given the fait accompli of the Fitzwalker budget, what would you expect a Mayor to do? The state legislature was going to cut the shared revenue number with or without Barrett's approval and he was in no position to stop it. What would you have him do? He could have laid off a bunch of people, would that have been better? Or should he have pitched to make it the "shared sacrifice" that it should have been? Frankly, I think his letter is an excellent example of his leadership.
Jeff, your obsession with Falk has blinded you.
Memory Man says:
What I read reminds me of the initial rules of Animal Farm, specifically "all animals are equal". What Mayor Barrett is saying in effect is that Milwaukee can't play favorites because that's screwing over the city employees who don't carry badges and guns.
It's hardly a secret that the root cause of the budgetary crises affecting nearly every municipality in America has been the Voodoo Economics strategy of kicking the can of funding federal legislative mandates down to the state and local levels. So why is Jeff Simpson putting the cumulative weight of 30 years of national obedience to destructive and divisive GOP policies on the shoulders of Mayor Barrett?
Jeff, what were you saying before Mayor Barrett entered the Gubernatorial recall race? What were you saying when the redistribution if taxation was in full swing?
Which side am I on? The side where it says "liberty and justice for all.
With ambassadors like Jeff Simpson, Falk is looking far too risky to run against Walker.
Andy Olsen says:
Nowhere does Jeff lay blame for 30 years of bad policy, blah blah on Tom Barrett. Jeff's point is that, faced with massively bad policy, Barrett did not oppose it, he went along. He also repeated the Republican rhetoric.
It's a simple idea, actually.
Again I ask, can you show us anywhere that Tom Barrett supported collective bargaining in practice in this case? He seems to have supported the Act 10 plan in part and principle that replaced collective bargaining negotiations last year.
Memory Man says:
Andy, when are you going to stop beating your wife?
Phil if I wanted to not include anything I would not have linked to the letter unless of course you feel I should copy the full text of every article I reference in the future. I will take under advisement. However, here I had specific comments about these parts.
I think his letter shows complete lack of leadership and what I am blimded by is seeing the movement hijacked by milktoast politicians and this amazing moment in history fumbled.
Andy Olsen says:
I agree that this letter shows that Tom Barrett, who I do like, sadly did not rise to the moment.
What's more, those were *cuts in take home pay* due to employees being charged more for the benefits package. And that cut in take home is regressive – very. The benefit costs are pretty flat so the same amount taken from each paycheck means it's the biggest percentage cut for the lowest paid workers. In some cases the lowest paid had wages cut 15%.
Just one more reason why we should have had no truck whatsoever with Act 10. We the people rejected it in whole and called on Walker to negotiate. Tom Barrett should have stood with us and working families and should have supported collective bargaining in action.
Andy Olsen says:
OK, before someone goes ballistic, here is why I say "Tom Barrett should have ….supported collective bargaining in action."
Because I have yet to see where Tom Barrett called on Scott Walker to negotiate with the unions that is, "collective bargaining in action." Does anyone have an example of him supporting "collective bargaining in action?"
Memory Man says:
Andy, are you accusing Mayor Barrett of deliberately waging "class warfare"? Are you saying that Barrett intended for these sacrifices to be permanent? The new norm? Can you honestly say that you believe that's Barrett's dogmatic plan for all of Wisconsin, and not a temporary measure for doing the best he could with vanishing resources?
I can't make up my mind whether you're a GOP shill or just a GOP dupe. But the talking points are unmistakable. You're accusing Mayor Barrett of being a bad Governor, as a reason to not elect him to actually be Governor. But Barrett is still the Mayor of Milwaukee. So on and so forth.
Bottom line: if you have to resort to dishonesty, you don't have a legitimate case to make.
Andy Olsen says:
No, "Memory Man," I said nothing of the sort and you are behaving dishonestly. You can't address my points so, instead, you resort to a strawman argument and put words in my mouth. But you're just debating yourself, not me.
Try to stick to the issues and drop the personal attacks. Just because someone doesn't support your candidate in an election doesn't mean their evil.
I am using my real name here, not a pretend name. I have been a longtime political activist, like when I was an officer of the Dane County Democratic Party and invited Tom Barrett to speak back around 1997 or `98.
Again, a simple question: Can you show us when Tom Barrett did what tens of thousands of the rest of us did at the time Barrett wrote this letter – call on Walker to negotiate with the unions? How did he support collective bargaining in practice then? Simple question. He was tested, we all were. How did he act?
Memory Man says:
Andy, I asked you a few reasonable questions. All I got back was a denial (of what I have no clue) and a lot of personal attacks against me.
I was actually on the Ars Technica forum when the now famous "NO YUO!" epithet was first hurled. So I'm not impressed by your amateurish use of it.
Andy, when will you stop beating your wife? Why do you continue to refuse to answer this question?
Andy Olsen says:
OK. So I take it you cannot show us where Tom Barrett opposed Walker's refusal to engage in collective bargaining talks.
Beyond that, you make histrionic misrepresentation of my words, and then claim that's "reasonable." Have a nice conversation with yourself, anonymous person.
Here is an alt letter…
Dear Vos and darling. We are aware that you are about to give every city/ town/ village a major cut in revenue followed by asking for some of our workers to take a major hit in pay to cover this revenue shortfall. As I am sure that you know, some unions are excluded and we are unable to participate in the same health care system as other cities.
Your cuts benefit no one and your tools are a machete. They also take away local control from negotiating with our valued employees that perform such important duties for us.
Please reconsider the effects that this bill will have on our state and lets work together to come up with a compromise that everyone can agree on.
Jeff, if you think that what you wrote constitutes leadership, then I don't think you know what that word means.
So let's say he writes that letter or some variant of it. Then the Satraps of Fitzwalkerstan make their cuts. Now what do you do?
To me, leadership is ensuring that, in the face of the economic violence inflicted by the Satraps over which you have no more control than you would a raging tornado, ensure that the pain is spread as evenly as possible instead of asking 35% of your employees to cover for everyone.
Ed Heinzelman says:
I am not voting for either of these candidates in the primary but I do think both of them would be very good governors and have voted for each of them in previous gubernatorial races.
But Mayor Barrett is still actively trying to run a city while Ms. Falk resigned her position and hasn't had to face the restraints that every other elected county executive, city mayor or village president has had to face since Governor Walker's attack on WI values and citizens. She can play white knight while the mayor has to be the realist. In one way it makes him a more attractive candidate.
Ben says:
Of all the things I don't like about Barrett's rule in Milwaukee, his wanting the awful police union to be treated like all other public employees rather than the entitled, outside force of occupation that Walker desires is NOT one of them.
As previously noted, the cops and firefighters drive the majority of the operating budget salaries. Both unions also endorsed Walker (and have again in the recall), likely because of promises Walker made to eliminate the residency requirements for Milwaukee fire and police.
Just like SB10, eliminating the residency requirements for police/fire while leaving it in place for other public employees would be rewarding the most reactionary, right-wing, and Walker-loyal of public employee unions while continuing discriminatory practices against unions that actually give a damn about trade unionism any more. I'm not swayed by this argument at all. Please try again.
Craig C says:
I am so mad at the Milwaukee Police and Fire endorsing Walker. It seems that they are saying that Walker's cuts are fine even though they don't have to suffer them. They think the cuts are so great, they can have them.
Linda says:
Actually, Kathleen had to address the millions lost in the recession of 2008, 2009 and 2010. She did it by working directly with each union and reaching agreements that reduced $10 milliion in costs to Dane County. She didn't need draconian statutes to help her. she actually talked to the people affected by the reduction, and she made sure that everyone shared the pain equally. She was county exec for 14 years, longer than anyone else. She has a much longer record than anyone for handling annual cuts from state, federal and local sources. I think most people don't know what she did personally in the human services programs that lost all their state and most of their federal funding. She actually worked every day for long hours – unlike our current governor. I don't know about Barrett's work habits, but I know he never figured out how to talk to the various unions and never got the savings for the county that it needed. As a leader or manager, I'd vote for Falk's ability to manage difficult situations any day.
Ed Heinzelman says:
I am not belittling Ms. Falk's leadership nor her ability to manage the tough situations in Dane County. As I said, I voted for her. But she wasn't hung out to dry and handcuffed all at the same time. Cities lost shared revenue, tax authority and rights to bargain with employees all at the same time since February 2011.
Memory Man says:
You don't know anything about Barrett, and that's why you support Falk unconditionally.
Jake formerly of the LP says:
Ben and Phil beat me to it, but I can add a few details to why this is such a disgraceful post by Jeff.
Remember that the City of Milwaukee had its shared revenue cut by millions in Walker's budget, and because the City of Milwaukee has ZERO LOCAL SALES TAX AND ZERO LOCAL INCOME TAX, this didn't leave the city any money available to pay for anything. In addition, police and fire protection are much larger departments in Milwaukee than they are in any other city in Wisconsin (especially when compared to the 262-area code suburbs that Walker favors), so to cut Milwaukee's ability to have money and prevent them from being able to cut expenses in 2 of their largest departments put a ridiculous squeeze on every other service the city has- like libraries, streets, garbage pickup, etc. Barrett was rightfully pointing out that Act 10 was written in such a way that it unfairly penalizes the City of Milwaukee- and probably by design.
And by the way, that "favored status" that police and fire got over other public sector unions in Act 10 was the biggest reason parts of it got struck down by a federal judge in the last few weeks. So it turns out that TOM BARRETT WAS RIGHT to oppose the politicially-driven, two-tier system that Act 10 had.
Jeff, you're embarrassing yourself with your whining partisanship. Posts like these are dishonest and you're better than this. It's these type of cynical antics that have Kathleen Falk well on her way to finishing second…among candidates named Kathleen.
Memory Man says:
Thanks Jake for the reminder of why these cuts are taking place in the first place.
It's the same tired, old and oft-debunked Voodoo Economics promise of something for nothing. "I want the very finest municipal services ever seen on the face of the earth!" followed by "Go to hell, you greedy politician, you're not raising my taxes!"
When faced with unreasonable people from all sides, it's inevitable that nobody will be sated. But the job still is there, and it must be done regardless.
Lets get real here. How did this letter work? It had the same exact effect as falk's will. Zero. The republicans do not give a shit what anyone says logical or not.
What this letter does though is give political cover to walker if Barrett is the nominee.
Phil. You yourself has said that words matter. Irregardless if the police and fire unions should be included or not, to describe what fitzwalkerstan is doing using the words "benefits" and "tools" is inexcusable.
Anyone who thinks that what act 10 brought us was "tools" to balance the budget is no qualified to run a budget in my book.
By the way if Barrett foes won get used to seeing this letter. It will be plastered everywhere.
Phil. You yourself has said that words matter. Irregardless if the police and fire unions should be included or not, to describe what fitzwalkerstan is doing using the words "benefits" and "tools" is inexcusable.
Yes, Jeff, words have consequences and context. Let me give you an example.
1. An young African-American refers to his friend as "my nigger."
2. A middle-aged white slave owner refers to a young African-American as "my nigger."
Same word. Different contexts. Very different meanings.
Same with "benefits" and "tools." In February of 2011, those words were not loaded in the way they were after the protests began in March. You're projecting the meaning back in time.
Simply using the words "tools" and "benefits" in a letter from mid-February is certainly not inexcusable. It's understandable given the context.
By the way if Barrett foes won get used to seeing this letter. It will be plastered everywhere.
Frankly, I think the letter shows strong leadership early in the process. Telling the Satraps that if they're going to attack public workers, they need to attack them all, not just the ones who didn't support them.
Jeff, IMVHO, your sad attempt to smear Barrett with this letter is… sad.
Phil , this response is as ridiculous as the comment that we trashed the other day and I am unable to respond to it.
Wow… That is so weak, Jeff. So pathetic and weak.
I'm embarrassed for you having posted this unsupportable screed against Barrett.
You could have used a different comparison to get your point across, Phil.
I really really wish you had.
Why? It's an obvious contrast that makes the point.
Sure, it's an obvious contrast, but it's not the only one you could have used.
I do believe I will withdraw from this thread now, having made my point. Just be glad I didn't mention the war…
I am only going to comment this time and never again on this but you actually makes my point.
In neither situation is that word ok to use, no matter who uses it.
Comic Strip Politics says:
Epically disagree, but I'm a child of the 21st century who graduated from MPS and appreciates rap music. I may not use the word for obvious reasons, but I don't begrudge my non-white friends who do. Lot more complex than it seems on the surface.
Andy Olsen says:
Phil Scarr, your use of racial slurs is offensive and rude.
So Jeff, are you saying you think that certain public employee unions should be exempted from the provisions of Act 10 while others are made to suffer?
It's worth noting that a federal judge threw out the provisions of Act 10 that were applied to some public employee unions and not others, citing equal protection under the Constitution.
Honestly, I'm struggling to understand how this letter represents anything other than strong leadership by Barrett…
Andy Olsen says:
To your question:
a) He went along with much of the Republican game plan of Act 10 and did not oppose it. He complained it didn't go far enough.
b) He echo'ed the Republican talking points. That's a blunder done by many Dems that VALIDATES the Republican message.
c) He did not call for Walker to change his ways or to negotiate under collective bargaining, supporting Walker's legislative alternative.
I've yet to see how this letter is strong leadership when it follows the Walker game plan. No doubt, he faced a tough economy and tough choices. That's part of the gig and he will face more such tough choices if he wins the Governor's office. Will he stand up to Republicans?
The Other Anon says:
Fine. I stand with Falk on her letter about oranges.
And I stand with Barrett on his letter about apples.
What I can't stand the ridiculous lengths to which you are going on this blog to trash Barrett. He was absolutely correct in his letter, as we Milwaukeeans know.
Your Madisonian ignorance of the largest city in this state convinces me that we cannot afford to have another Madisonian as governor, after the damage that Doyle wrought to state workers even before Walker.
Jake formerly of the LP says:
Other Anon- I identify myself as Madisonian, and I view Jeff's act as stupid and whiny. This is not some Madison/ Milwaukee thing, I assure you.
But I also agree with Phil and Zach. I see this letter as a "do you understand how this will work, you GOP dimwits?" type of letter, and indicative of the fact that Barrett bases his work on reality and results instead of poser ideology. God knows we need that right now. And the fact that the federal judge threw out parts of Act 10 FOR THE EXACT REASON BARRETT'S LETTER SAYS THAT IT IS WRONG (a 2-tier system of benefits based on whether or not you supported Walker in 2010), makes Tom look pretty intelligent if you ask me.
The Other Anon says:
Good; you reassure me that there is hope for agreement, east and west on the I94 trail, after dozens of comments by Jeff Simpson trashing Tom Barrett on many threads — and now this.
Is he reflecting his candidate's thinking on Act 10 exemptions for certain public employees but not others? And, in terms of his candidate's letter on an entirely different topic, is she aware that the police and fire employees exempted primarily are men, while most public employees hit by Act 10 in their take-home pay and pensions and health insurance are women?
That is, is he aware that Act 10 was part of the war on women — and that Tom Barrett was standing up to its discriminatory exemptions mainly of men?
Is this news to this Jeff Simpson? I can only hope that it is not news to his candidate.
legaleagle says:
Accepting that as part of his role as Milwaukee mayor, Barrett needed to ask for what would give him flexibility to not totally decimate other areas of the budget, I still believe his letter should have included a request that they not decimate collective bargaining as part of the budget repair bill.
Phil, I think your reference to the budget repair bill as a "fate accompli" ends up proving false – this letter was apparently dated Feb 14, and plenty was done to potentially interfere with the passage of the bill in the following weeks. I don't fault Barrett for advocating for what he felt he needed for Milwaukee – Lord knows Walker left him with a lot to do for MKE & little to do it with. But progressive leadership, IMO, would have at least acknowledged that an attack on bargaining itself wasn't necessary to balance the budget.
Ultimately, I want a candidate who FIGHTS for the middle class, women, and workers and this letter does nothing to bolster that for Barrett.
forgotmyscreenname says:
Who cares? Neither one of them will say where they will get the money to amend any of the supposed tragedies…
"Falk, Barrett won't say what they'd spend to restore Walker cuts"
I guess they're just relying that you guys don't ask questions and buy into "hope and change" once again.
David says:
I really don't understand why people would defend Barrett's letter. Most of the defense is either the police union and Firefighters deserved it or that it right to spread the pain.
Actually the main thing this letter shows is that Barrett agrees with a main principle of Act 10. It is ok to change union worker's pay and/or benefits without negotiating. If you think there is a financial crisis and you need to change pay and benefits just pass a law and ignore the rights of the workers. That is the logic Walker used and Barrett agrees with. To say that another group is losing their rights so everyone should seems even crazier.
Falk did have to live under the beginning of what Walker did and sat down and negotiated a fair way to get to the concessions. She and the unions negotiated and they kept their voice, their rights and their unions.
That is the difference in the two candidates and what Barrett's letter means. Do you agree with fair negotiations or do you think a governor and legislature should be able to just change union contracts without talking to workers – i.e. you have no union rights in WI if the politicians feel any reason to take them away?
Ed Heinzelman says:
"Falk did have to live under the beginning of what Walker did…"
Dave: Since I live in Milwaukee, I am NOT up to speed on everything that went down in Dane County last spring…but considering the events in the Capitol that we are talking about went down from basically February to March 2011 and Ms. Falk left office in April 2011…I am not sure how much time she had to negotiate "a fair way to get to the concessions". I doubt she had time to put together a new budget for the following fiscal year when the governor's signature was barely dry on his legislation.
If I were a true cynic, I would suggest she bailed out before she had to deal with the mess…so if you've got some more details about Dane County spring 2011, I'd love to hear them.
Andy Olsen says:
Here's the thing: This letter sent by Tom Barrett was sent in February of 2011. Why did he think it would do any good? That the Republicans would change their ways due to the advice of the Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee who just ran against their candidate? Hullo? For that he agreed with them and echo'ed them.
That's very close to Obama thinking some early concessions would get House Republicans in the compromising spirit. How did THAT work?
And, when we were uniting and demanding that Walker negotiate with unions, and not pass Act 10, Tom Barrett was echoing the call for Act 10 and, to my knowledge, did not support collective bargaining NEGOTIATIONS (yes, he supports the rights, but comes up short on the practice).
We're in a unique moment in history and we need someone who will not waver before the Republican machine. We need a strong alternative. Falk, yeah!
No one said Barrett did not have it hard due to act10 what we are saying is he should have been more forceful in saying why instead of kissing vos's ass and agreeing that these are benefits and tools.
I agree with Andy where is there ever a letter from Barrett disagreeing with any scott walker policy?
The Other Anon says:
Gosh, now, where did I read that long list of statements and letters and more by Tom Barrett about those policies when Walker dropped the "bomb" in February 2011?
Oh, yeh. That list was right here in Blogging Blue not long ago. But maybe you were too busy reading your assigned daily anti-Barrett talking points to post them here.
Here's just some of what you can find at this site I can recommend called Blogging Blue, where your fellow blogger wrote: "If the people asking this question can't remember Tom Barrett's role during those crucial weeks, allow me to take you down memory lane," courtesy of Cory Liebmann:
Tom Barrett Comments on Collective Bargaining February 2011
"The budget adjustment bill pits general City of Milwaukee employees against the fire and police unions," – Tom Barrett [2/16/11]
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett voiced strong support Thursday for the state Senate boycott by fellow Democrats trying to save public employees' collective bargaining rights. [MJS 2/17/11]
"Instead of talking with teachers, nurses, and law enforcement personnel to work together on a solution to our budget crisis, Scott Walker is dividing Wisconsinites by attempting to end the collective bargaining rights Wisconsin public employees have had since 1959." – Tom Barrett [MJS, 2/22/11]
"I fundamentally disagree with the attack on the right to organize," – Tom Barrett [MJS, 2/22/11]
Barrett offered a budget-repair bill alternative that removed the attack on collective bargaining [MJS, 2/25/11]
"It's now clear to us that this is an ideological war, and it's a national ideological war, and the purpose of it is to take away the rights of people who work for the government" -Tom Barrett [MJS, 2/25/11]
"It is time we return to our Wisconsin, the Wisconsin where we can sit down at the table and work out our differences…" -Tom Barrett [MJS, 2/25/11]
Cat Kin says:
Jeff, have you seen the latest attack ads against Mayor Barrett? They tell of a Milwaukee that is a national leader in joblessness and poverty. They blame the Mayor of course. Yet in your Barrett letter quote I see someone who is working for the people of this maligned city, asking public workers to play fair with limited funds. Falk, despite her good intentions, will be seen by most as a union stooge playing to the moment.
No cat I have not seen the latest "attack" but would like too…
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"For example, lean protein, fruits, and vegetables," said Angel. "You're not allowed to eat 500 calories worth of chocolate bars. That's not going to work."
Angel said drastically cutting calories for two days can be harmful, especially for teenage girls, pregnant women, or diabetics.
"They can really pass out or faint or lose consciousness if their blood sugar gets low with that amount of calories," she said. "They may not be able to live on one day on that."
Angel said allowing followers to eat anything they want on the other five days may not promote the long-term change needed to maintain a health weight.
"You can do this diet for a few months and lose weight, but what are you going to do after that?" she said.
"The Two-Day Diet," by Dr. Michelle Harvie, involves back-to-back days of low-carbohydrate, high-protein eating followed by a Mediterranean diet the other five days a week.
"You're choosing whole grains, lots of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and lean protein," said Angel.
While there is no calorie counting, the diet is intended to cut normal caloric intake in half on those two days while encouraging exercise at the same time.
"It can help somebody kick start a weight-loss program and also it can motivate you to eat healthy the other days," said Angel.
Studies have shown intermittent dieting is more effective and easier to follow than continuous dieting.


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Second (plain) section of a thin brass trumpet. There are three more sections that fit together to form the complete trumpet. This is the oldest surviving complete medieval trumpet. It was possibly used at sea for signalling ship-to-ship. The bell and one section are made of sheet brass (copper-zinc alloy), the other sections of copper-zinc-tin alloy. A decorative flag or pennant may have hung from the hole in the rim of the bell. The four sections could be dismantled for carrying – they were found together, with one straight section tucked inside the bell. The trumpet was found during archaeological monitoring of building works at Billingsgate (City of London) in 1984. It may have been dropped overboard from a ship in the late 1300s.
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Although Ariel Winter's mom claims she caught the Modern Family star in bed with her 18-year-old boyfriend, a new report from the New York Daily News says the actress actually split with her older beau months before the alleged incident.
Winter, 14, was removed from her home last week amidst abuse allegations against her mother, Chrystal Workman. Shortly after, a police reported surfaced in which Workman made the claim that she caught Winter in bed with her boyfriend on the night of Sept. 24.
Report: Ariel Winter's mom claims she caught Modern Family star in bed with boyfriend
In the report, it said that Workman had been trying to break the two up because of their age difference, and Workman also said it was because of that relationship that Winter asked a judge to grant her older sister temporary custody.
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Report: Modern Family's Ariel Winter removed from mother's home due to abuse
TMZ also reports through a source that Winter says her mother is lying about walking in on her and Palatas. A second source tells the site she has never been intimate with a boy.
Winter's older sister, Shanelle Gray, has temporary custody over Winter, and Workman has been ordered to stay away from Winter pending a follow-up hearing on Nov. 20.
"Ariel is doing well and she has a lot of people who are loving her and supporting her at this time, and I'm pretty confident that she'll fare well through all of this," Winter's lawyer, Amir Pichvai, told People last week.


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Monday: Strength workout
Tuesday: Cardio in intervals
Wednesday: Strength workout
Thursday: Cardio at a steady pace
Friday: Off (Optional: Yoga class or DVD)
Saturday:* Cardio in intervals or strength workout
Sunday: Cardio at a steady pace
3 Weeks at a Glance
Get lean and super-sculpted with this combo of muscle-toning strength moves and calorie-blasting cardio.
Monday: Strength workout
Tuesday: Cardio in intervals
Wednesday: Strength workout
Thursday: Cardio at a steady pace
Friday: Off (Optional: Yoga class or DVD)
Saturday:* Cardio in intervals or strength workout
Sunday: Cardio at a steady pace
*Note: You can double up any workout to do both cardio and strength on the same day. If weight loss is your goal, however, Gregory Joujon-Roche recommends doing the cardio component first, to take advantage of higher energy levels and maximize fat burning.
1. Snap-Kick Lunge
Fitness Focus: Quadriceps, Calves, Glutes, Hips, Abs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, fists under chin.
- Lunge forward with right foot, bending right knee 90 degrees, keeping knee aligned over ankle.
- Stand up, kicking left leg forward to chest height.
- Return to start, then lunge backward with left leg. Do 12 to 15 reps before switching sides.
- Do 3 sets.
Make It Easier: Hold on to the back of a chair during the lunge and kick.
Make It Harder: Step directly back into the lunge after you kick forward without returning your foot to the floor.
2. Kneeling Ball Push-Up
Fitness Focus: Chest, Arms, Abs, Obliques, Hips, Lower Back
- Kneel on the floor 2 to 3 feet in front of a stability ball with hands on sides of ball.
- Lean forward, keeping head aligned with spine.
- Do 12 to 15 push-ups, bringing chest toward ball.
- After completing the set, slowly roll ball out in front of you as far as you can; hold for 4 counts.
- Bring ball back to start and repeat 5 or 6 times.
- Do 3 sets, alternating one set of push-ups with one set of pushes.
Make It Easier: Do the push-up phase of the exercise only.
Make It Harder: Do a full push-up with your knees off the floor.
3. Plank Extension
Fitness Focus: Abs, Shoulders, Back, Glutes
- Lie facedown on the floor, elbows aligned under shoulders and hands together under chin.
- Lift hips and push up onto elbows, balancing weight on forearms and toes.
- Keeping abs tight and hips raised, lift left leg off the floor to about hip height; hold for 2 counts.
- Lower and repeat on right side.
- Continue, alternating sides.
- Do 3 sets of 12 to 15 reps.
Make It Easier: Keep one knee on floor as you lift and lower opposite leg.
Make It Harder: Hold each leg lift for 6 to 8 counts.
4. Elbow Side Plank
Fitness Focus: Hips, Thighs, Glutes, Shoulders, Chest, Obliques, Abs
- Lie on your right side with shoulders, hips, and legs stacked, right elbow on floor aligned under right shoulder and left hand on hip.
- Lift hips, keeping weight balanced between right arm and foot. Keeping hips square, slowly extend left arm toward ceiling.
- Hold for 8 counts; lower hips back to floor and rest for 2 seconds.
- Repeat for 12 to 15 reps; switch sides. Do 3 sets per side.
Make It Easier: Keep top hand on hip throughout the exercise.
Make It Harder: Lift top leg with top hand and hold for 6 to 8 counts.
5. Touch-Down Squat/Hammer Curl
Fitness Focus: Glutes, Legs, Hips, Lower Back, Abs, Arms
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell vertically in each hand.
- Squat down, bending knees to 90 degrees and bringing body weight back onto your heels.
- Hold for 4 counts, lowering dumbbells toward the floor in front of you.
- As you stand back up, curl weights toward shoulders.
- Lower weights to starting position and repeat.
- Do 3 sets of 12 to 15 reps total.
Make It Easier: Do a half squat (knees bent about halfway to 90 degrees).
Make It Harder: Balance on one leg as you squat down (you will probably not be able to go as deeply into the squat).
6. Triceps Extension/Crunch
Fitness Focus: Arms, Shoulders, Abs
- Lie faceup on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand with arms extended above shoulders, palms facing in; keep knees bent and feet on the floor.
- Slowly bend elbows, lowering weights toward ears.
- Take 4 counts to lift the weights back up until arms are fully extended.
- Do 12 to 15 reps.
- Lower weights to shoulders, crossing elbows over chest.
- Lift head and shoulders off the floor, crunching up as high as you can.
- Hold for 4 counts. Lower and repeat for 12 to 15 reps.
- Alternate one set of extensions with one set of crunches; do 3 sets of each.
Make It Easier: Don't hold weights during the crunches.
Make It Harder: Do this exercise while lying on a stability ball.
The Cardio Plan
To blast fat and reach your weight-loss goals, you'll need to do four cardio workouts a week along with the strength routine, says Paul-Brian McReynolds, a martial arts trainer and the cardio specialist at Holistic Fitness.
Two of these should be high-intensity intervals like the routine below. Do them as a run/walk program on a treadmill or outside, or on an elliptical machine. When outside, use your rate of perceived exertion (RPE, or how intense the workout feels on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being easiest and 10 extremely difficult).
For the remaining two days, exercise for 30 to 60 minutes at a relatively steady pace (RPE 5 or 6) with the aerobic workout of your choice. If you're running during your interval workouts, McReynolds suggests cross-training with low-impact activities such as cycling, swimming, or walking the rest of the week to avoid injury. To enhance flexibility, take a yoga class or do a yoga DVD one additional day each week. (We like Rodney Yee's Yoga Burn DVD; $15 at gaiam.com.)
|Warm-up: Minutes 0:00–8:00
|Walk at 3.5–4.5 mph
|Begin at level 2–3, 100–120 strides per minute
|Walk briskly, RPE: 4–5
|Base pace: Minutes 8:00–9:00
|Walk fast or jog at 5.0–6.0 mph
|Maintain a steady pace at level 4, 120–140 strides per minute
|Power walk or jog, RPE: 6
|Speed interval: Minutes 9:00–10:00
|Increase speed to 7.0–8.0 mph
|Increase resistance to level 5, 160–180 strides per minute
|Sprint or walk as fast as possible, RPE:
|Intervals:* Minutes 10:00–30:00
|Repeat minutes 8:00–10:00 ten times
|Repeat minutes 8:00–10:00 ten times
|Repeat minutes 8:00–10:00 ten times
|Cool down: Minutes 30:00–35:00
|Walk at 3.5–4.5 mph
|Return to level 2–3, 100–120 strides per minute
|Walk briskly, RPE: 4
|*You may have to work up to doing 10 intervals.
RPE: Rate of Perceived Exertion. How hard you're working on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the easiest.


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How do I get to the Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa?
Just off the A91, immediately adjacent to the St Andrews Links courses and a five-minute walk from the heart of the town. The A91 joins with the national motorway network at Junction 8 of the M90, which runs from Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, one hour to the south to the old market town of Perth in the north. Glasgow is 90 minutes away, via the M90 and M8.
Regular domestic flights (1-hour flight time from London) and European services to Edinburgh Airport. Regular service from London City to Dundee Airport (20 minutes drive). Transatlantic flights land at Glasgow Airport (120 minutes to the north). Private aircraft can land at Leuchars Airforce Base (5 minutes drive) by prior arrangement. Aircraft up to Boeing 737s can land here, and it is possible to have customs and immigration facilities.
The hotel has its own helipad where guests can land by prior arrangement. Please contact the concierge with your details.
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Our chauffeur service will be delighted to meet you at your chosen arrival point and can make arrangements for any onward connections. Please advise us of your travel arrangements at the time of booking.
What time is check-in and checkout?
To ensure that your room is just right for your arrival, we request that guests check in from 3pm. Of course, we'll be happy to store your luggage until your room is ready. If you arrive early, join us for lunch or use the spa facilities. On the day of departure, please vacate your room by noon.
What weather should I expect during my stay in St Andrews?
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Where can I access an Internet connection?
We have a wireless connection in all hotel bedrooms, meeting rooms and public areas. An email centre is also available adjacent to reception.
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We can arrange a wide range of activities and experiences in St Andrews and the surrounding areas. Suggestions include archery, falconry, fishing, horse riding, local tours, seaplane journeys and theatre trips.
What is available to see in St Andrews?
St Andrews is renowned worldwide for golf; however, this bustling university town has much more to offer. Full of history and dramatic architecture, St Andrews' streets are lined with bars, cafes, antique shops and boutiques. Activities include cycling routes, jogging routes, beach walks and Fife Coastal walks. For children there is West Sands Beach, the St Andrews Aquarium and kite flying.
What is there to see and do in the surrounding areas?
St Andrews makes the ideal base for sightseeing. Crail Pottery, Falkland Palace, Scone Palace, Glamis Castle and the fishing villages of the East Neuk are all within easy reach.
Can I purchase Old Course Hotel gift certificates as presents?
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CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — American Bridge Co. has begun shutting down a western Pennsylvania fabricating plant, and will eventually lay off 77 workers in the process.
The company announced in October that it would be shutting down the plant in Coraopolis (kor-ee-AH'-poh-lus).
The company in 1984 closed its operations in Ambridge — a Beaver County borough named for the company, located about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. But the company had continued to fabricate steel for bridges since 1999 at the Coraopolis plant about 10 miles west of Pittsburgh.
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It goes on and on.
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"At Pixar, we focus on one project at a time," says Unkrich. " I have thought about nothing for the last four years other than making this 'Toy Story.' "
"I have lived it, ate and sleeped it and breathed it," he adds. "That doesn't happen a lot in Hollywood."
In fact, with the exception of movie icons like Woody Allen, most Hollywood directors have several projects going on at any one time, each in different phases of completion.
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Farley's Fumble No:1 – Modern Folk Quartet – This could be the night – Back to Mono (Disc 3) – After the Byrds made it big, the Modern Folk Quartet, like other similar groups, modernized their sound and went into electric folk-rock, and subsequently attracted the attention of Phil Spector. They recorded this Spector-produced, Harry Nilsson song, which was used as the theme to the rock concert film "The Big TNT Show". The song was never released mainly down to Spector's withdrawal from the music business in 1966, although it is on the Back to Mono box set which compiles the producers work. The band disbanded shortly afterwards.
Farley's Fumble No:2 – The Noisettes – The Bubble – Oconee Meadows – from their first album, an interesting track which is perhaps not indicative of their later work.
Danko Jones – Samuel Sin – I'm Alive and On Fire – a Canadian hard rock trio whose blues/rock style stems from the work of Thin Lizzy and AC/DC – but with a punk edge – this is from a self-released collection of their early years between 1996 and 1999.
Matt Pond PA – Canadian Song – The Green Fury – from the debut album released in 2002. Good songwriting here and a good introduction to the band.
Farley's Fumble No: 3 – Vulgar Unicorn – Tierce De Picardie – Jet Set Radio – Farley indulging in a little prog rock – which suprised me. Nice track, from their most interesting album.
Farley's Fumble No: 4 – The National – Baby We'll Be Fine – Alligator – Their first album on Beggars Banquet which was released in 2005.
Talkative – Stupid Children – Lights Years – got this from Bandcamp – rather groovy.
The Pigeon Detectives – Lost(Radio Edit) – the new single.
Farley's Fumble No: 5 -Von Hemmling – Carson City – J.W. Kellogg EP – Another one from Farley's fave Elephant 6 recording collective. Lo-fi, experimental pop from ormer Apples in Stereo bassist Jim McIntyre, this is from the one-sided 12-inch J.W. Kellogg from early 1999, some serious editing required to the end of this due the potty mouthed behaviour of the protagonists.
Farley's Fumble No: 6 – The Wedding Present – Crawl – Sea Monsters – the Weddoes fourth album, produced by Steve Albini, is perhaps their noisiest (not surprising given the producer) but Gedge's song-writing comes through it all unblemished.
Cosmic Psychos – Psycho Sylvia – Self Totalled – an Australian band who cover, amongst other things, shooting the neighbor's cat, S&M, psychotic girlfriends, drinking, and fighting, on this album. Pure punk ethic effectively realised.
Crystal Antlers – Summer Solstice – Two Way Mirror – Out yesterday and the second album from the wacky denizens of Long Beach.
Bong – Across the Time Stream (Edit) – Beyond Ancient Space – as a bit of a prelude to next weeks show which is going to concentrate on the doomier/darker side of metal. From their 23rd release in four years – this is all about psychelic drone doom rock – but listen for the nuances and subtleties hidden amongst the fuzzed over-amped wall of sound. This is the first five minutes of a 25 minute epic.
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I first encountered LeAnn Rimes one day in the mid-1990s as one of my first visitors in my new job as Billboard's Nashville bureau chief.
Billboard then still had an actual physical headquarters in Nashville, on Music Square West (aka 17th Avenue South). They were fairly nice offices overlooking Reba's regal office building across the intersection, which I think still had a helipad on the roof until all the recording studio owners in the neighborhood complained about the excessive noise and vibrations.
After office hours on pleasant summer Friday afternoons we would often crank up some nice music, get out the blender to whiz up pitchers of margaritas and play Twister in the office. Until, that is, the Billboard Puritan police heard that some people might be actually having fun in the Nashville office and ordered the refrigerator, blender and boombox to be locked up in the office storage space for banned items. Along with the dreaded Twister board.
Anyhow, into this atmosphere one day walked a 13-year-old LeAnn Rimes, with her talkative, somewhat aggressive manager-father Wilbur Rimes leading the way. Wilbur and LeAnn immediately reminded me very much of the teenaged Tanya Tucker and her talkative, somewhat aggressive manager-father Beau Tucker, whom I had met in similar circumstances years before. Then, I had been convincingly impressed enough by Tanya's performances and vocal chops to the extent that I went on a summer Midwest bus tour of fairs with her and the Tucker clan and got my Tanya tour story and profile on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
But it was tougher these days to get a slightly chubby, big-voiced teen prodigy any major publicity. Wilbur talked a good story — major shows and local press all around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. LeAnn was modest and charming. They left me some music and clippings and headed out on the next stop of their Nashville door-knocking tour.
LeAnn's rendition of "Blue," I discovered when I played it that night at home, was exciting and captivating. She was virtually channeling the very spirit of Patsy Cline in this big ballad that an old hero of mine, Fort Worth's WBAP disc jockey Bill Mack had written supposedly for Patsy before her early demise prevented her from recording it.
LeAnn's version was terrific. But it arrived in the wrong era. Mainstream country radio didn't want Patsy Cline anymore. It wanted Shania Twain and Faith Hill. LeAnn's single of "Blue" made it to No. 10 in Billboard in 1996, although the album Blue made it to No. 1. And it was enough to get her a foothold in Nashville.
Oddly, to this day, Rimes' only No. 1 country single is "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)," also from 1996.
The following year, both Rimes and Trisha Yearwood recorded dueling versions of the anthem "How Do I Live" from the movie Con Air. Yearwood got a Grammy and a No. 2 country hit with her version. Rimes went to No. 43 on the country chart.
But it was a pop hit for Rimes. Subsequent recordings found her focusing more on pop music.
Years of tabloid press coverage of romantic entanglements and strife and lawsuits and endless bikini photos of her on the beach followed, and you just started to wonder what had happened to LeAnn Rimes, the great singer.
Well, it looks like she may be back. Her new album Spitfire has an immediacy and a force that I haven't heard from her in years. She turned to producer-songwriter Darrell Brown for guidance on the album.
Such thoughtful songs as "A Waste Is a Terrible Thing to Mind," "You've Ruined Me" and "What Have I Done" suggest a new more mature, inward-looking turn for Rimes.
Guest artists on the album include Jeff Beck, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski and Rob Thomas. I'll be curious to see how Spitfire does.


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The major league baseball postseason is once again changing up The X Factor schedule, but this time, things seems to be in Simon Cowell's favor.
Following the San Francisco Giants' World Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers, Fox has pushed The X Factor's first live show up one day to Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8/7c. In the show, originally set to air on Thursday, Nov. 1, the top 16 will perform live for the first time and new co-hosts Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez will also make their debuts.
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Following the two-hour show, the top finalists will be revealed on Thursday, Nov. 1 (also at 8/7c) and then will face America's vote the following week.
In addition, Fox is airing a special rebroadcast of the announcement of the top 16, which previously aired in two parts on two different days because of a rain delay during the National League Championship Series between the Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. At the time, Fox aired half of the top 16 announcement before cutting back to baseball — a move which Cowell called "a total f up."


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I was hoping that someone could offer their thoughts on the following:
I have been doing Asanas, Pranayama, some chakra exercises (3-7 chantings of chakra mantras) and meditation for a little over two years and just last night had a very odd dream about my big toe.
I was clipping the toe nail on my big toe in the dream and suddenly the toe nail sort of opened up - it either broke off or just came up. I could hear air very loudly sucking into the big toe - I felt that even my bone was exposed - at first I had the feeling that when the toe nail opened it would hurt very much, but it did not hurt, and in fact when the air started sucking into the toe, it felt good in a way.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this idea of the big toe being important in Yoga? I would be very appreciative if anyone could offer any thoughts about what the dream could have signified if anything and what the Big Toe's significance is. (I believe that it was my right big toe but I don't know for sure - does right and left have a different significance?)
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There's a Dog in the House: A Practical Guide for Creating Today's Dog Friendly Home
Authors: Nancy Chwiecko (College of Imaging Arts and Sciences) and Amy Fernandez
We love our dogs. Today they live in our homes, an arrangement that was considered extraordinary just 50 years ago. They sit on our couches, sleep on our beds, use our bathtubs and even dine at our tables. They also shed, track in mud and show no interest in the aesthetic or hygienic aspects of our homes.
There's a Dog in the House: A Practical Guide for Creating Today's Dog Friendly Home by Nancy Chwiecko, RIT professor of interior design, is a unique resource that addresses the dynamic and often neglected relationship between dogs and home design.
"From a cultural standpoint, treating your dog like a member of the family has become emblematic of enlightened, compassionate ownership," says Chwiecko.
This book examines the physical and psychological needs of dogs and how we can create the best environment for a safe, healthy and harmonious life with them.
The book is the creation of two dog lovers: one an experienced interior-design professional, the other a recognized dog expert. Chwiecko says the idea originated in 2004 while she was on sabbatical conducting research on how people live with their pets. Amy Fernandez, an award-winning author of dog books, became a project partner in 2008.
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- Makes 1 single- or double-crust dough for 1 (9-inch) pie
- Single-Crust Pie:
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- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, lard, or vegetable shortening, cut into small pieces (or a combination of butter and shortening equal to 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup iced water, plus more as needed
- Double-Crust Pie:
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, lard, or vegetable shortening, cut into small pieces (or a combination of butter and shortening equal to 1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup iced water, plus more as needed
- 1. Stir together the flour, butter, and salt to blend. Using a pastry blender or 2 forks, cut the butter into the flour. For pies with liquid fillings (like custard or cooked-fruit fillings that are thickened with cornstarch or tapioca), the bits of fat should be evenly small, and the mixture should resemble a coarse meal. This will result in a mealy piecrust, which is less likely to become soggy as the pie bakes. For pies to be filled with fruit or another non-liquid filling, leave some larger bits of fat, about the size of small walnut pieces, for a crisp and flaky texture in the baked crust.
- 2. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add the water all at once. Gently toss the mixture together until just blended and the flour is moistened (the mixture will look shaggy and loose).
- 3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and gently knead it together, combining parts of the mixture that are wetter with those that are drier. If preparing a double-crust recipe, divide the dough in half. Shape the dough into a 1-inch-thick disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill until firm, about 20 minutes. NOTE: At this point, the dough is ready to be used. It can be stored, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
- 4. Working with one disk at a time, unwrap the dough, place it on a lightly floured work surface, and scatter a little flour over it. Alternatively, place the dough between sheets of parchment or waxed paper. Roll out the dough for the bottom crust of a pie into an even round, about 13 inches in diameter (for a 9-inch pie pan). It should be about 1/8 inch thick.
- 5. Fold the dough in half or roll it loosely around the rolling pin, and gently lift and position it over the pan. Unfold or unroll the dough and ease it into the pan without stretching, making sure that the pan sides and the rim are evenly covered. Press the dough gently against the sides and bottom. Trim the overhang to 1 inch.
- 6. For a single-crust pie, tuck the dough overhang under itself and flute the edges. Fill and bake the pie according to the recipe directions. For a double-crust pie, roll out the second piece of dough into an 11-inch round (for a 9-inch pie pan), and then cut vents in it. Fill and finish the pie according to the recipe directions.